luka
Well-known member
gilles peterson is shorthand for an entire aesthetic terrain, an ethos and a value system.
he is from Ealing. He started his own pirate radio station in his dad's shed when he was 14. He co-founded the Acid Jazz label, then split from Eddie Piller to start Talkin' Loud.
he's easy to mock (and I have done, many times) but he's also an important figure with a deep and serious engagement with music and his radio show, 'worldwide', which at the time was on Kiss FM, introduced me to Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Leroy Jenkins and many others.
ultimately i decided it was all too tasteful and west London for me and jumped ship.
he is from Ealing. He started his own pirate radio station in his dad's shed when he was 14. He co-founded the Acid Jazz label, then split from Eddie Piller to start Talkin' Loud.
he's easy to mock (and I have done, many times) but he's also an important figure with a deep and serious engagement with music and his radio show, 'worldwide', which at the time was on Kiss FM, introduced me to Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Leroy Jenkins and many others.
ultimately i decided it was all too tasteful and west London for me and jumped ship.